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Letters for Essential Businesses

Below please find two letter templates, one for your employees and one for your suppliers in case they are questioned in regards to whether or not they are involved with an essential business. Feel free to alter in any way you choose, this is just suggested copy.

ESSENTIAL BUSINESS ACTIVITY

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To Whom It May Concern:

The bearer of this document is an employee of [company name]. The company is a printing and packaging company that supports and/or serves Essential Businesses. As such [company name] conduct Essential Activities and is critical to the operations of Essential Businesses. Pursuant to the Governor’s order of March 23, 2020, we are “needed to maintain continuity of operations of the federal critical infrastructure sectors” and thus exempt from closure.

[Company Name] applies best practices in its effort to limit the spread of COVID-19. As possible, employees are required to follow the latest guidelines for social distancing and personal hygiene. Where possible, employees are working remotely. Only those employees whose job requires tools, machinery, etc. are working onsite. In some cases, an employee may be required to work on site temporarily such as to process payroll, administer cash receipts and cash disbursements which are consider Minimum Basic Operations required for the Company to continue operations in support of Essential Businesses.

If you have any questions, please contact:

Officer Name Company Address Telephone Number

ESSENTIAL BUSINESS ACTIVITY- supplier

Date

To Whom It May Concern:

The bearer of this document (NAME OF SUPPLIER) is a supplier to [company name) and provides us with materials necessary to manufacture our crucial products. It is essential that we continue to receive these materials on a timely basis in order to fulfill our customer’s need in these critical times. Without the products provided by SUPPLIER, we will be hard pressed to meet the needs of our clients who are doing work that is necessary in the fight against COVID-19

We have been assured that [Company Name] applies best practices in its effort to limit the spread of COVID-19. As possible, their employees are required to follow the latest guidelines for social distancing and personal hygiene.